Interventions by the police for reporting domestic violence have increased since the start of confinement, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on France 2 on Thursday March 26. To deal with it, victims will now be able to “give the alert directly to pharmacies”.
“Yes, the risk increases due to confinement”. Law enforcement responses to reports of domestic violence increased by “32% in the gendarmerie zone” and “36% in Paris” since the implementation of containment in France, said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner in the program It’s your turn to speak on France 2, Thursday March 26. To combat this worrying phenomenon, the Minister announced that women who are victims of violent acts will be able to “give the alert directly in pharmacies” to trigger police action.
“In the pharmacy, when the woman who can be beaten goes without her husband” to get medicine, she has to “can give the alert”, explained the minister. If her spouse is with her, she can use a “coded”, “for example, 19” mask, as is already the case in Spain. Instructions will be given so that the police can “intervene urgently”he said.
“With Marlene Schiappa [ la secrétaire d’Etat chargée de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes] tomorrow [vendredi], we are going to move forward so that it is everywhere on the national territory one of the means of protection”, he said, assuring that the fight against domestic violence was “a priority”.
To fight against domestic violence, the Minister of the Interior @CCastaner announces that women who are victims of violent acts will be able to “raise the alarm directly in pharmacies”, to trigger the intervention of the police #VALP pic.twitter.com/FctEN3nI1s
— You have the floor (@VALP) March 26, 2020
In China, domestic violence almost doubled during confinement
The issue of women victims of domestic violence has been regularly addressed since the beginning of the implementation of confinement in France. On Twitter, Marlène Schiappa had already expressed her fears about this.
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the #confinement can generate a breeding ground for intra-family violence. the @governmentFR is fully mobilized to best protect and support women victims & their children.With @AdrienTaquet we will answer all your questions on Monday ???????? pic.twitter.com/x9p4THjpcl
— ???????? MarleneSchiappa (@MarleneSchiappa) March 20, 2020
In China, where residents have been placed in total confinement for several weeks because of the coronavirus, the number of domestic violence has soared. According to statements on the site Sixth Thone of Wan Fei, a former police officer who created his own association to fight against domestic violence, the cases have almost doubled in the cities of the province of Hubei, epicenter of the epidemic of Covid-19.
To prevent such a situation from happening in our country, the feminist collective We All recently launched a petition asking the government for an emergency plan against violence against women, inspired by the Spanish neighbor. Indeed, Spain has strengthened its measures against domestic violence during the confinement period.
Containment: let’s protect women who are victims of violence. #WeAll makes an appeal to @governmentFR for an emergency plan.#CoronavirusFrance
Sign the petition here : https://t.co/3j1L22rEp1
Share this post! pic.twitter.com/rGzKwpCm1F— #WeAll (@WeAllOrg) March 20, 2020
If you are concerned and you have the possibility of isolating yourself at home, you can call the free number for women victims of violence, the 3919, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The call is anonymous and does not appear on telephone bills. In addition, the platform for reporting sexual and gender-based violence to report your case and be able to benefit from assistance and advice is permanently operational on arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr. It makes it possible to dialogue anonymously with police forces trained in attacks of this kind. Finally, if you are looking for emergency accommodation, 115 can also always be reached.
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